March 21, 2006

The biggest collection of full cigarette packs in the world (according to Igor anyway). Search by country, check out the numbers collected from each brand or just browse the collection.

I revisited some obscure brands I've tried, Golf Lights were so nasty a friend couldn't give them away. The Chinggis Khan from Mongolia look interesting though, and there's an appealing simplicity to the idea of the Japanese brand Cigarette.

posted by drill_here_fore_seismics 18 years ago
  • Better than smoking them, I guess ...
  • Wow. Nicely documented obsession / compulsion! It seems like it should be on CD-ROM, like when the complete works of Shakespeare or Encyclopedia were on CD-ROM. Maybe Philip-Morris should mirror it. "I was advised by my doctor to take up smoking. He said I wasn't getting enough tar." --Steve Martin
  • I love that there are so many cigarettes named after the biggest cigarette hater. Full flavor irony!
  • Guess which one's my favorite.
  • Actually I think it's a toss-up between this and this.
  • I'm guessing Igor doesn't get laid much.
  • Quit the damned things 5 years and 21 days ago. Sure could use one right now...
  • "I'm guessing Igor doesn't get laid much." "What hump?"
  • Funny this was posted... about 10 minutes ago I posted this to ask.mefi. Basically I'm trying to find a source of these Indonesian stogies in the U.S. It's not that I can't find them, but I claim defeat by the bizarre web of restrictions, shady retailers, and poor payment choices.
  • Fuck I miss smoking. I mean, I don't get cravings that much anymore -- it's been about two years, now -- but I really loved smoking. Minus the chronic bronchitis and the cancer and the death and the inability to climb a flight of stairs without feeling it, I mean.
  • That's just the nicotine talkin'.
  • I hear ya mct. Sounds like you used to smoke for the same reasons I used to: smoking was fun. But looking at these packs makes me think one of the reasons I had fun smoking was because I was a sucker for creative marketing/packaging.
  • I think it'd be funny if burglars broke in and smoked them all... Good for all of you ex-smokers. My mom quit 30 years--I asked for that for my birthday--and I've never been prouder of her. Not that I don't have my own bad habits, so I'm not dissing smokers in any way, but good on you all!
  • quit after 30 years, that is. I really do use preview, honestly.